Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social Professor @nyulaw. Director @policingproject. Litigator, author (and dad). Author - Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission; The Will of the People; Open Book
Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social Offering research, connection, learning, and practice for organizers and movements working to end criminalization, policing, and punishment. Founded and led by Andrea J. Ritchie and Mariame Kaba.
Learn more at http://interruptingcriminalization.com/
Meg Anderson @meganders.bsky.social Correspondent covering criminal justice @npr.org
🗣️: https://signal.me/#eu/SizTOTzyRJKWAblic8hqoRA6Z1YKjW9jqLxW6nV1JluE2mdRQPZCeYQl7dMowN7h
See my work here: https://www.npr.org/people/495064735/meg-anderson
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that.
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social staff writer at Defector, mostly women's basketball // maitreyi.me
@policingproject.bsky.social @policingproject.bsky.social We partner with communities and police to promote public safety through transparency, equity, and democratic engagement.
Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social 250+ MLB pitchers have worked with Codify to elevate their game! ⚾️ Chat here and visit codifybaseball.com to learn more about how our analytics help pitchers succeed!
Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Formerly: EIC at Jezebel, columnist at The Cut and GQ, HuffPost politics reporter. Brooklyn via South Louisiana. I write a newsletter called Nightcap: https://www.laura-bassett.com
The Innocence Project @innocenceproject.bsky.social We work to help free innocent people from prison and reform the criminal legal system.
@mauricechammah.bsky.social @mauricechammah.bsky.social
@nasaisright.bsky.social @nasaisright.bsky.social
Sarah D(estroy ICE) Bunting @sarahdbunting.bsky.social Critic. Baritone. Enemy of the raisin. Formerly @tomatonation. LFGM.
Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social Mobilizing lawyers to uphold democracy, defend human rights, and fight for justice. $100M+ in pro bono legal services since 2016.
🔗 L4GG.org
The Tonearm @thetonearm.com celebrating music journalism
+
putting a needle on the cultural wax
an online journal of unexpected music + culture → thetonearm.com
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Comics.
Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Animation.
https://ironcircus.com
Executive/Associate Producer, Lackadaisy.
Writer, Cartoonist.
webcomic: http://blikada.com #blikada
U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty @uscedp.bsky.social United to end the death penalty. FKA 8th Amendment Project. Learn more: https://enddeathpenalty.org/
Cuba In Context @cubaincontext.bsky.social Providing in-depth analysis of Cuba’s social, political, and economic landscape, highlighting perspectives often absent from mainstream narratives.
Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social Writing @populareducation.bsky.social
https://populareducationblog.substack.com/
David Sims @davidlsims.bsky.social blank check // the atlantic // hits different let’s go mets
Hits Different! @hits-diff.bsky.social New York's only anti-math baseball podcast. LGM!
Caity Weaver @caity.bsky.social
Reveal @revealnews.org The Reveal podcast is produced by the nation's first investigative journalism nonprofit, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and PRX.
🎧 http://revealnews.org
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Pablo Torre @pablo.show 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@pablotorrefindsout
🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pablo-torre-finds-out/id1685093486
📩 www.pablo.show/about
Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social indie nostalgia by @chrisdeville.bsky.social
pre-order SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-heights-9781250363381/
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
@tomhoefwrites.bsky.social @tomhoefwrites.bsky.social Playwright, Teacher, ride-or-die Mets fan, Nintendo & Star Wars apologist, unexpectedly a leopard gecko owner (his real owner left for college.)
Michael Azerrad @michaelazerrad.bsky.social Author of _The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana_ and _Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991_.
Bylines: the New Yorker, the Yale Review, the New York Times, etc.
Pennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition @paimmigrant.bsky.social Advocating for immigrants, migrants and refugees across the state of Pennsylvania
Green and Red Podcast @podcastgreenred.bsky.social Scrappy podcast about radical environmental & #anticapitalist politics. Hosted by @sparki1969.bsky.social & @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social.
https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast
Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social Managing Editor, @stereogum.com
Founder, Music Nerd Football Blog
Posting indie nostalgia at @suchgreatheights.bsky.social
Buy my debut book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS, out now via St. Martin's Press: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-heights-9781250363381/
Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social Staff Writer at @thetrace.org
New book in the works on the rise of elite police units
Thinking about crime, policing, journalism, and the NBA
NEWSLETTER: https://tinyurl.com/ynap8ry7
🇯🇲🇹🇹
https://www.josiahbates.com
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social "Every day I have to marvel at what the billionaires and Fox News pulled off. They got working whites to hate the very people that want them to have more pay, clean air, water, free healthcare and the power to fight back against big banks & big corps."
Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of FX series Say Nothing, now streaming on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else).
New book coming April 7, 2026: London Falling.
Code for America @codeforamerica.org Government can work for the people, by the people, in the new digital age. Let’s make it work for everyone.
codeforamerica.org
Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social Reporter @ms.now 📰 | Email: julianne.mcshane@versantmedia.com | Signal: jmcshane.19 | https://www.ms.now/author/julianne-mcshane
Marc A. Levin @marclevin.bsky.social Chief Policy Counsel, Council on Criminal Justice. Advancing public safety, individual liberty, and equal justice for all.
Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social Lutheran Deacon, The Naming Project, Christian, Author of "Made, Known, Loved" and "The Everyday Advocate'". Podcast producer. Speaker and teacher. Simul justus et peccator.
David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
Justice Forward VA @justicefwdva.bsky.social Founded by public defenders. Promoting criminal justice reform in Virginia by drafting & lobbying for humane, evidence-informed legislation, and educating & mobilizing advocates for action.
Dr. Arjee Restar @drrestar.bsky.social Social & Legal Epidemiologist | Health & Policy
Has written for The Advocate, Out Magazine, Health Affairs, & The Hill. And works interviewed in New York Times, The Atlantic, Teen Vogue, & NPR.
#TransPinay 🇵🇭🏳️⚧️
Melissa Daar Carvajal @mdaarcarvajal.bsky.social SF Excelsior mom, Schott Foundation communications director. Dancer and thinker. Public education is my beat - culture is my inspiration. Posts are my own.
Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social The people of the District of Columbia deserve dignity, respect, and self-determination. Join our movement to win it. #FreeDC
freedcproject.org
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Nikki Baszynski @ntbaszynski.bsky.social Attorney and former public defender working to shrink carceral systems and create real safety
Now: Wren Collective
Then: OJPC, TJC, OPD
Signal: ntb.28
*Opinions are my own*
@jrbrand07.bsky.social @jrbrand07.bsky.social "The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it, and that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind forty atrocities than a single incident." Wren Collective, PDSDC, LJJP.
lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com rotatingsandwiches.com / batting around podcast
Aaron Darrow-Cohen @aarondarrowcohen.bsky.social Communications Fellow, Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College @psjpbc.bsky.social
Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College @psjpbc.bsky.social A collaboration of faculty, students, and community based organizations that uses research and advocacy to produce safer and more just communities. Project Coordinator: Alex S. Vitale. https://substack.com/@alexvitale
Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social Nonprofit Marketing Strategist + Activator | Journalist • Comms, @joindayenu.bsky.social | Writer, @unicornriot.bsky.social | Board, @crushcolonialism.bsky.social | Co-Founder, @tendemands.bsky.social • aka @awkword.bsky.social • philmandelbaum.com
Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social Working within the active transportation, environmental protection, affordable housing and placemaking sphere. Always advocating #BikeTO #TransformTO #BLM #TweetsAreMineByDefault
MOJO Magazine @mojomagazine.bsky.social Music of substance.
mojo4music.com
ACLU of Pennsylvania @aclupa.org March on, together ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏿
On Twitter, Threads, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube [at] aclupa
Straight Outta Brooklyn @chriscarrega.bsky.social A veteran criminal justice reporter and adjunct professor turning a new leaf.
Priors: @CapitalB @CNN @ABC 2 top U.S. tabloid newspapers. 🇧🇧🇬🇾 #NABJ #CUNY #SJUAlumni
Isaiah 54:17
Rick Brown @brownbattery.bsky.social Music: https://75dollarbill.bandcamp.com
I play crate and blow things
Office worker, proud union member, NYC renter, soon* to be retiree
previously: https://brownoutspassed.bandcamp.com/ and http://www.juliagorton.com/coming-new-products/beat-it-zine-comp
Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social 'Black America's Digital Daily' — innovating on the near 200 year legacy of the Black Press.
The Wren Collective @wrencollective.bsky.social The Wren Collective works to transform public safety and the legal system to ensure fairness, dignity, and opportunity for all. "Freedom is a pure idea."
www.wrencollective.org
Common Justice @commonjustice.bsky.social Developing and advancing solutions to violence that are survivor-centered, accountability-based, racially equitable & safety-driven.
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Grassroots Global Justice Alliance @ggjalliance.bsky.social Many struggles, one movement. #NoWarNoWarming #JustTransition #GrassrootsFeminisms #FeministEconomy
Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Miami Herald, Bloomberg, Salt Lake, Columbia J School.
bit.ly/bgcjr
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social Investigative reporter for PennLive in Harrisburg, Pa
“High-impact prison reporting of the journalist Joshua Vaughn” - Rolling Stone
Vera Institute of Justice @vera.org We’re fighting to secure equal justice for all, end mass incarceration, and strengthen families + communities
Charlotte West @charlottewest.bsky.social Education journalist covering prisons for @opencampus.bsky.social. Sign up for College Inside, my newsletter about the intersection of criminal justice and higher education: https://www.opencampusmedia.org/college-inside/
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Prof at GWU. Flaming Hydra.
I write about the history and future of tech and politics. My next book, Vaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present, arrives on January 12, 2027.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com
Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social MLB
https://bit.ly/fistbumps4als
Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social Opinions are my own // comms @ aclu
https://linktr.ee/gbbranstetter
AllMusic @allmusic.com AllMusic is a comprehensive and in-depth resource for finding out more about the albums and artists you love. www.allmusic.com
Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social Bronx-born Philadelphian. #Journalist. #Author of 'brilliant but disturbing' books, including I AIN'T MARCHING ANYMORE and JEHANNE DARC. #Disabled from 40 yrs of MS.
World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social Connecting the world to the stories that matter.
Founded in 1955, we are a non-profit based in Amsterdam.
worldpressphoto.org
Rebekah Spicuglia @rspicuglia.bsky.social Bereaved mom on family separation, gun violence, DV, and community healing 🥀🌻🌵
PhD Student, Johns Hopkins, Health & Public Policy 🌈 Creative, Comms, Change Mgmt ⚙️
♾️Oscar Daniel Joaquin♾️
https://youtu.be/P4PtzqFc124
“All flourishing is mutual” RWK
Peter Ames Carlin @peteramescarlin.bsky.social Journalist, writer and author of BRUCE, THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS R.E.M. and etc. Coming in Aug 2025: TONIGHT IN JUNGLELAND.
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
@lauraburstein.bsky.social @lauraburstein.bsky.social
Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️⚧️ jessk.org/blog
Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social Sports editor @thenation Edge of Sports TV at http://youtube.com/therealnews Host of the Edge of Sports Podcast. Co-host of WPFW's The Collision.
Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
Harry Szabo is a Unionist! @harryszabo.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (They/them). Educator at VCU. Organizer. Writer. Richmond, VA
President of UCWVA (CWA). #1u #campusworkers4democracy
Plan your work. Work your plan. 💪✊🔥📢
Jon Crane @joncranetv.bsky.social PR Advocate
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Julia Marie - writer @jmc-author.bsky.social Resistance fighter. Poet. If you believe in peace and democracy and if you back UKRAINE please read My Novella CATBIRD won a ZIBBY AWARD. Www.JuliaMarieDavis.com
Care about Dem-ocracy? https://a.co/d/e67TRsD
Follow me on Substack!
Shannon Houston @shannonhouston.bsky.social Nonprofit comms person, mama of 2, MSW, lifelong New Englander. She/her. Opinions my own.
“I got no dime, but I got some time to hear his story.” - Robert Hunter
Ana Tellez 🐜 @anatellez.bsky.social Managing Dir at Next River 〜
Formerly @StanfordImpact @hiporg.bsky.social
Pun lover | Mexicana Americana | Muppet fanatic
Truthout @truthout.org Independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues.
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Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard.bsky.social The Black List founder. Film & TV producer. Politics & Football person. Vanity Fair contributing editor.
Laura Kat Collins @thelaurakat.bsky.social Cultural Organizer, Mom, Wife, Daughter, Giver / Receiver of Care. Narrative and Culture Change Strategist Family Values @ Work.
Indiana born and bred,
North Carolina where I lay my head.
Mariam Rashid, Ph.D., MPH @mariamrashidphd.bsky.social Assoc. Director of Racial Equity & Justice @americanprogress & @capaction | adjunct professor @RutgersU | Lover of the outdoors | Bon Vivante & Fashionista | Affectionately known as Lemon | Opinions=mine.
Anna G @annamgrace.bsky.social she/they | queer anti-racist
nonviolent warrior for a just, loving, interconnected society; communication & conflict navigation are my tools
fierce lover, mother, writer, dancer, feeler;
aspiring lyricist, standup, hag
trees are my people
Jon Heyman @jonheyman.bsky.social Baseball Writer/Insider
Maria MB 🧡💙⚾️ @mariamb18.bsky.social My favorite things: Mets, Jets, Flyers, Notre Dame, University of New Hampshire, the beach, nachos and my wonderful son. Dabbling in photography.
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.
Cari Barcas @caribarcas.bsky.social Communications director at @Stand.earth. Environmental advocate. Climate communicator. Recovering journalist. Practicing hope as a discipline. Born in CIN, raised in CHI, home in AVL.
Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social 9 years in the NFL. 2 rings. #9years2rings
Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social Justice desk chief, @nysfocus.com. Also The Intercept, The Nation, many more. He/him. Send tips ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/chrisgelardi
Inquest @inquest.bsky.social National Magazine Award finalist. Cited in Best American Essays. Stillwater Award winner. Focused on ending mass incarceration.
All our links: https://linktr.ee/inquest.org
Can you spare $5?: https://inquest.org/donate/
Dani Welch @daniwelch.bsky.social Public defender raising a tiny human, 2 cats, and a sled dog with my husband in NYC.
Once I briefly ran for Congress.
#UAW Region 9A, Local 2325
pronouns: she/her
Guttmacher @guttmacher.org For more than 55 years, Guttmacher has been the leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide.
Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social Who owns the economy matters. We're a Canadian policy non-profit advocating for broader access to wealth and ownership. #cdnpoli #ownershipmatters www.socialcapitalpartners.ca Toronto, ON 🇨🇦
Katherine Janson @katherinejanson.bsky.social Former investigative journalist l Strategic communications l Brand building l Social impact l Proud Canadian 🇨🇦